When her scientist father disappears at sea, a young girl living on a remote island calls upon her favorite adventure novelist via e-mail to help her find him.

"The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays"--

Profiles the life and career of author, Suzanne Collins.

Peggy Rowe has been writing writing all of her adult life. In fact, she doesn’t know how not to write—even through those years of constant rejection from publishing houses. But between her tenacity and the encouragement of her family, Peggy’s breakthrough finally came—at the age of eighty! Vacuuming in the Nude is most likely her funniest prose to date as she shares her journey of attending myriad writers’ conferences and honing her ability...

Joyce Carol Oates shares her struggle to comprehend a life absent of the partnership that had sustained and defined her for nearly half a century.

An award-winning journalist and author of Enemies of the People recounts how her marriages to Peter Jennings and the late Richard Holbrooke were shaped by the beauty and allure of Paris, where the author found enduring love and healing against a backdrop of historical events.

In this brilliant, fierce, and funny memoir of transformation, Jami Attenberg reveals the defining moments that pushed her to create a life, and voice, she could claim for herself. As the daughter of a traveling salesman in the Midwest, Attenberg was drawn to a life on the road. Her wanderlust led her across the country and eventually on travels around the globe. Through it all she grapples with questions of mortality, otherworldliness, and what we...

A moving memoir from an award-winning author. A mother cat and her kittens, shot with a pellet gun. A poacher illegally stalking a bear. Peg Kehret tells these true stories and more as she invites readers into her life on a small wildlife sanctuary. She writes about animal rescue while providing facts about the animals and birds she meets. Mrs. Kehret also shares the tragedy of her husband's sudden death, and the pain of losing Pete, the shelter cat...

"While Frances Mayes is known for her travels, she has always sought a sense of home wherever she goes. In this poetic testament to the power of place in our lives, Mayes reflects on "home," from the earliest imprint of four walls to the startling discoveries of feeling the strange ease of homes abroad, friends' homes, and even momentary homes that spark desires for other lives. Her musings are all the more poignant after so many have spent their...